voter rolls

Secure Voter Rolls or Risk Losing Federal Election Funding

David E. Smith — Sun, 19 Jul 2026 01:00:56 +0000

On Friday morning, Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Markwayne Mullin announced that states failing to maintain accurate voter rolls and implement enhanced election security measures could lose federal election funding. The warning follows President Donald Trump‘s directive that “election security is national security” and is part of a broader effort to strengthen election integrity before the 2026 midterm elections.

Mullin said DHS has identified approximately 250,000 non-citizens registered to vote in California, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Nevada.… Continue Reading

The Urgent Case for Election Reform

David E. Smith — Sat, 18 Jul 2026 10:00:32 +0000

Written by David E. Smith

Illinois and the Nation Must Prioritize Election Integrity

President Donald Trump’s prime-time address this week presents a timely opportunity to launch a genuine national, bipartisan effort to strengthen election integrity. Unfortunately, top Democratic officials and their allies in the dishonest media have already rushed to criticize the president, dismissing his concerns about voter fraud and election meddling as “false” or “unsubstantiated.”

On his personal X page, JB Pritzker posted a statement in response accusing the President of “spewing lies” and attempting to “gaslight the American people” with “baseless claims” and “shameless propaganda.… Continue Reading

Rep. Niemerg Sounds Alarm Over Noncitizen Voter Registration Mailings

David E. Smith — Thu, 21 May 2026 20:00:04 +0000

Written by David E. Smith

Last week, we reported on comments made by State Senator Steve McClure (R-Effingham) in which he raised serious concerns after discovering that the Illinois Department of Human Services (IDHS) had sent voter registration materials to noncitizens applying for state assistance. That revelation alone sparked widespread concern and raised an obvious question: Why would a state agency be placing voter registration materials into the hands of individuals who are not legally eligible to vote?… Continue Reading

SPOTLIGHT: Election Integrity in Illinois

Alyssa Sonnenburg — Wed, 28 Aug 2024 10:00:12 +0000

Written by Alyssa Sonnenburg

With an upcoming General Election, election integrity is more important than ever.

In order to clean up the voter-rolls in the state of Illinois, Illinois Family Action joined Judicial Watch in their lawsuit

“against the Illinois State Board of Elections and its Executive Director, Bernadette Matthews, over their failure to clean Illinois’ voter rolls and to produce election-related records as required by federal law, the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 (NVRA)… The lawsuit requests the court to require Illinois to ‘develop and implement a general program that makes a reasonable effort to remove the registrations of ineligible registrants from the voter rolls.’

Judicial Watch Sues Illinois to Force Clean Up of Voting Rolls

David E. Smith — Thu, 07 Mar 2024 13:00:59 +0000

Judicial Watch announced [on Wednesday] that it filed a federal lawsuit against the Illinois State Board of Elections and its Executive Director, Bernadette Matthews, over their failure to clean Illinois’ voter rolls and to produce election-related records as required by federal law, the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 (NVRA) (Judicial Watch Inc. et al. v. Illinois State Board of Elections et al.(No. 1:24-cv-01867)). The lawsuit requests the court to require Illinois to “develop and implement a general program that makes a reasonable effort to remove the registrations of ineligible registrants from the voter rolls.”… Continue Reading

You Can Help Clean the Voter Rolls – Part 2

Alyssa Sonnenburg — Thu, 18 Jan 2024 11:00:05 +0000

Written by Suzanne Rickman

If you read the article from a few months ago about how to remove yourself or a family member from the voter rolls, you learned that there is a form that makes self-removal pretty easy here in Illinois.

After reading that article you may have asked some obvious questions like these:

Is my deceased neighbor, grandparent, or friend still registered to vote?
Is my neighbor’s son who moved out of state 15 years ago still registered at his former Illinois address?

Bank Your Vote or Go For Broke?

Alyssa Sonnenburg — Fri, 25 Aug 2023 10:00:36 +0000

Written by Nancy Hayes

Republicans’ new idea for winning the upcoming 2024 election is a nationwide campaign they’re calling “Bank Your Vote,” a Republican National Committee (RNC) strategy that is trickling back to the GOP in the states, including in Illinois.

The gist of it is, that local GOP officials are encouraging Republicans to vote early in 2024. The campaign is meant to maximize pre-Election Day voting through in-person voting, absentee voting, and ballot harvesting where legal.… Continue Reading